Thus, You can be pretty sure that though you hear that finding a job is difficult, the reality is finding a good employee is more difficult these days. Thus, the right question is not 'how to find a job' but 'how does the employer find you for their jobs' Lets answer that quintessential question. How does an Employer find you a. What is the employer searching b. How do they find me on their search What are employers searching - Letr's take an example, if you are trying to hire a software developer, the skills required are say php and mysql. What info would you need.. for me, I would like to know who are the top php developers having mysql skills, actively searching for jobs in my city, probably pick top 100 guys and connect with them to explain my job and my company, gauge their interest in joining and schedule an interview. I really do not want to post a job on job boards which will get me 1000's of resumes but to find which guy is having the skills I require and who is the best amongst them from a resume is something that no one could do from just a resume. Every employers wants to have very limited people who they know are good enough for the job and actively searching for a job opening to be able to converse with. Rest they will figure out the real person in an interview or their internal process. To find, screen and schedule the right people for the interview is the herculean task in front of every employers, which probably is more difficult than most can imagine. think, why do employers actually shell out huge consultancy fees 5-8 of ctc , to HR consultants who basically schedules an interview. Trust me they are no fools , and a company pays only when they see a much bigger value add, and worth the money they spend on any hr consultant or recruitment agency scheduling interviews for them How do they find me - Well, generally the answer you hear is create an awesome resume, highlight xyz etc. etc. I believe this is wrong, or not the first step in today's world and technology. Probably 3 years from now, when any employer had very limited resumes to go through they actually spent time to judge you from it, but now, floating resumes to multiple jobs is as easy as a single click of a button, resulting in Inbox flooding with resumes. The task then becomes how does employer view my resume or profile and know I am better than the rest. Remember, the example above, if you are looking for a software development job, having skills in php and mysql, how do you ensure that the employers views your profile. I do not think having a perfect word file and resume for this job will improve your chances of it being viewed. Employers want a standard formats of profiles and they want to have some kind of metric/assessment of the real talents and interests of job seekers. That is exactly what we do at Youth4work, Any employer could find 'pre-assessed job seekers' tested and ranked on their skills via ' talent boards' , they can easily find the profiles of people with the skills that their job requires and contact the top few for their job.
As a job seeker, you should build your profile at Youth4work, give free online talent tests and stay as a top rankers. Adding blogs and your work portfolios, like projects that you did, the code that you wrote, the graphic design work that you did makes your profile all the more impressive to employers as well as improve its ranking. Verifying your profile and getting recommendations from your friends improve your ' talent profile '. The transparency of the system , lets you know who viewed your profile, when and where. You will be surprised as to how many calls does a completely filled profiles gets. Employers love this method of searching, it improves their efficiency and improves screening process to highlight the top relevant people on top and for them to have a conversation easily. The stats and the growth we have is the proof of this, with only an year into beta launch , we have 6000 employers using us. Lastly, Improve your public work profile at Youth4work, and improve your chances of employers finding you.
Suggested Next Steps:
1. Give Online tests - http//www.youth4work.com/onlinetalenttest
2. Build Your Online Proffessional Profile at Youth4work for the world Read how - http//www.youth4work.com/yx/Youth4work-Features/129-10-Steps-to-Create-a-strong-Youth4work-Profile
3. Improve your yrank Understand what is yrank - http//www.youth4work.com/yx/Youth4work-Features/138-7-ways-to-improve-yRank-on-Youth4work
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Baburao29 Jul 2017i need job in aurangabad as production executive
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RPRupesh27 Apr 2017
thanks sir
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KMKUMARI20 Feb 2017
Good morning Mr. Rachit. Thanks for everything ...... I want to change my job, planing to move Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. Can you please help me for searching my new job ... m interested to do job in quality department. currently m working as a quality manager in sarvodaya multispeciality & cancer, Hisar... I have 3.2 years exp. in quality department. Please suggest me good hospital in delhi, gurgaon & noida. Thanks Moushmi
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RPRupesh07 Dec 2016
i need admin job.................thanks sir
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FKFeeroz31 Aug 2016
Thanks Sir
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SMS.02 Aug 2016
I need R & D jobs
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DNDaya01 Jun 2016
I need to hr related job.
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SSSelvakumar12 May 2016
Thank you sir
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MSManjubashini10 Feb 2016
yes
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Geeta21 Jan 2016YES
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NBNagaraju13 Apr 2015
thank you
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Biradar02 Jul 2014Sourcing could pose a challenge as it is difficult to find the candidate with the right skill set. But good thing is that the things are coming up as expected ,I have seen lot of improvements,but this should not be the end. Continous effort to make it more user friendly and this may indeed become prime search engine if i'm not exaggerating.I wish to participate more to make it more successful.
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Praveen08 Nov 2013Nice blog..
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MNMohammad20 Sep 2013
I agree with you and I've fiddled with youth4work. But, it's in a very nascent stage. I find a lot of requisites missing, even though you may have future plans on building them or some of them may even be under development, currently. But, it still has to go a long way from what I see, if you're trying to build an impressively effective recuritment platform/tool/service - whatever you call it. What I find impressive is your easily accessible/shared skill test scores with an impressive adaptable questioning and scoring algorithm, upon which you leverage and sell your entire system, for now. As, I've observed in my limited observation, that your current system relies on drawing questions from a pool of member shared questions. This is flawed in some aspects. You'll start finding date and name questions like in a general knowledge quiz instead of sticking to the skill relevant questions. (Oh, I just repeatedly ran into the questions like, "Who created Android?" or "When did Google purchase Android?", which is seriously irrelevant to the Android Developer. It's like asking "Who built the latest update/patch to Apache Lucene in Java?"). You already classify the questions as "Hard", "Medium" and "Easy". Now, you need to add in another defining factor: "Core" and "Additionals". Where the "Core" is what is actually required for the skill test while the "Additionals" are nothing but impressive statistics. This too should be reflected in their net scoring/ranking. The next thing that is the need of the moment (it's really very important) is certifiable testing with credible question makers, who can be called in like various experts, book authors (I've got an additional good idea on how to use this for profit), organizations and companies. The employing company itself can create it's questionaire (A lot of good additional ideas can be built upon this which again, maybe used as a revenue source). This way you'll be sure that in "Android App Programming/Development" test you'll get questions about Android programming and not about Larry Page or Sergery Brin. The profiling system and their attributes are good but not enough and a lot can be easily and quickly done to evolve it to perfection. You're there at the edge of the threshold. All you need to do now is open the door. Currently, you have great power in your hands (i.e this service - Youth4Work). But, I fear you can't handle it (i.e weild it to perfection). Or, it may take you a great amount of time and trial & error. Fire me an email, if you need me or my aid. I'm bustling with ideas, specially in your context. Finally, speaking on the entire Recruitment System followed by companies; It is painfully flawed. These systems are with numerous loop holes and pitfalls. Especially the Indian Recruitment system, I'm sure you'll agree. The judging of an applicant's personality, potential and true hands-on skill cannot be gauged by any test other than real time hands on or "in the trenches" testing. The western industry is quickly realizing that perfect score or a list of accolades are not the exact judge of one's character. Their ability to handle co-workers, bosses and the professional environment (I'm talking in the context of the youth) cannot be found in even a dozen interviews, group discussions or tests. Hence, it's beneficial to employers by trying out a select few, after skimming, for a few months or weeks, paying them weekly or monthly and observing their on job performance. This way both the employers as well as the job seeker will get to know the work-culture, chemistry and whether they are a perfect fit for each other or not. This will lead to better employee retention and mutual satisfaction. And in case of termination of trial or rejection of candidate the candidate gets his pay as well as an acknowledgement certificate for their work (Like in internships but, much like an experience letter). Hey! Why don't you add a special section for intern, trial, temporary and contract jobs in a special section where both job seekers and employers can register? And, then add a way to sign a digital contract? If you seriously want to help the job seeker with youth4work, I'd recommend you to read Land the Tech Job You Love by the Pragmatic Publishers. Here's a helpful link: http://www.amazon.com/Land-Tech-Love-Pragmatic-Life/dp/1934356263 PS: I'm currently unemployed. Poor me :"( So, you can email me for hiring me and stuff. Cheers, mate! Keep the good work rolling! *WHOA! This is one big A$$ comment!*
